ecomes Olympic Swimmer SPECIALIZATION Platoon Rule Aters trat won the race in a world.i Farely thus joined sophomore I speed swimming. He literally swam freestyle events. The 15 year old breaking time of 16:58.7. Carl Robie as the second Wolver- away from the field going for the high school boy beat Farley by By BOB CARNEY our offense more wide open," he Elliott added that the li ,... _world record that Rose had wrested more than a second. said so far will be an aidtd ne p: such from him earlier. There had been talk in swimming{ circles that Saari was not the swimmer he could be in the trials because he competed so heavily in water polo for the team coached by his father. Saari and Captain Chuck Bittick of the Army are reputed to be the best players in the nation at the sport. The exhausting game puts a tre- mendous physical strain on an ath- lete, but the 19 year old Saari dis- pelled any thoughts that his stam- ina might be taxed. John Nelson of Pompano Beach Florida showed himself to be a coming powerhouse in the long -' I Strong Combo The combination of Farley and Robie should give Michigan swim-t ming a sound one two combination for the coming swim season. Swim- ming coach Gus Stager also can < boast of tw9 fine backstrokers who] failed to make the Toyko team. Edt Bartsch and Russell Kingery are both highly touted swimmers. Bartsch picked up a gold medal int the Pan American games in 1962 but could not manage to make the1 finals. Kingery a sophomore placedt sixth in the preliminaries of the 200 metertbackstroke Monday, but could manage only eighth in the finals. In other events in New York, Walt Richardson, the great Min- nesota butterfly man broke his own American record in the 100t meter butterfly event with a time of 57.5 in the preliminaries. He then came back to win in the finals thus gaining a spot on the powerful American team. In the women's events Cathy Ferguson paced the prelims of the 100 meter backstroke. Sue Jones of Los Altos topped the preliminary times in the 0 meter ,backstroke event which as specially held for those girls who had not qualified for the team in any other event. Dr. Jim Councilman, head coach of the American team, believes that the more swimmers he can put on the squad the more insurance he will have against possible in- jury or sickness between now and the races in Toyko. He also does not want to leave swimmers cap- able of winninwg medals in the Olympics back in the States. With the help of a 1964 rule . ~ change, Michigan football strategy Faced with the situation of will take shape in a new two pla- seven lettermen ends and both toon system this season. veterans and sophomores showing The rule change, allowing for good promise in the backfield, El- unlimited substitution when the liott commented that the offense clock is stopped, will give Coach Bump Elliott a chance to, as he Freshman Wrestlers calls it, "specialize" in a way he All men interested in joining was unable to last season. the freshman or varsity wrest- "We would have switched to ling teams should attend an or- two platoons last year had the ganizational meeting Thursday same rule been in effect," the at 4 p.m. in the wrestling room head coach stated. "But (he ad- of the I-M Bldg. mitted that) this season we have more depth to take advantage of.' would not be geared to either pass- As for the style of Michigan ing or running. play, Elliott expected no real "How much passing or running change to be effected by the new we do will depend on how our s team will depend on the perform- "Certainly it should strengthen ance of our team and the type of us but it won't necessarily make deafense thrownum ,ag.inst.u_" varied offense, and that thf was no point in stressing eit] running or passing as a result t] line play. "Our pass blocking and r blocking have been genera equal," he said, 'and a balanc offense is what we want." * Read, 5Daily Classifieds 1 -0 vuu. it, WULA (r 11GUvzoiLi21,y. lllarnC UC\L AIZU to tIVWii: UjJ .'O§CUilp4 UQ- Pet. GB .611 .568 5j2 .553 7%f .552 7% .508 131/ .500 131/ .489 16 .455 20 .425 242 .341 351/ I I I'Ill j II' I; Ill I41 ',II I . _ - - - - - -- -_ - - - - - - - ---- - _ ii~l~ 314 E. Liberty 3ER4 Stag or Drag Refreshments i' i', _________________________________- 3 ~l4-2---:-:z~~ ~~- __-- -- z I ANT INEXPENSIVE WALL PAPER? Or Something in which to wrap your garbage? These are just two of the many uses for aI P £ir4igan Daity The Michigan Daily provides the reader with world, national, and local news as well as the Michigan sports picture n}44} rAND 01 The Michigan Daily is the only way to keep up to date N on all activities on campus. $4.50 PER SEMESTER $8.00 PER YEAR .h.Why miss so much when you can have it for so little?